Comments on: Windows 7 (A Review) http://blog.adonline.id.au/windows-7/ Adam Dimech's blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:24:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Donna http://blog.adonline.id.au/windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1634 Donna Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:24:07 +0000 http://blog.adonline.id.au/?p=639#comment-1634 I always laugh that a brand new Windows OS release is immediately followed by a service pack release. If I wasn't so stingy my next laptop would be a MacBook :) I always laugh that a brand new Windows OS release is immediately followed by a service pack release. If I wasn’t so stingy my next laptop would be a MacBook :)

]]> By: Ananda Sim http://blog.adonline.id.au/windows-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1618 Ananda Sim Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:19:49 +0000 http://blog.adonline.id.au/?p=639#comment-1618 Hi Adam, I haven't connected a camera to a computer for yonks - if I need to firmware upgrade a camera, once in a blue moon, maybe I will but for activities, I use a card reader. On the other hand, Microsoft gives "Windows XP Mode" which is actually free Windows XP runnable in a virtual machine. I can't use Microsoft's virtualisation because my hardware does not support that but there is free VMWare Player - once you install that "Windows XP Mode", you install VMWare Player, it recognises it, and you can get it to create a virtual machine, able to see USB ports etc... Software that is not Windows 7 compatible (and will never be) can be run inside VMWare Player. Hi Adam,

I haven’t connected a camera to a computer for yonks – if I need to firmware upgrade a camera, once in a blue moon, maybe I will but for activities, I use a card reader.

On the other hand, Microsoft gives “Windows XP Mode” which is actually free Windows XP runnable in a virtual machine. I can’t use Microsoft’s virtualisation because my hardware does not support that but there is free VMWare Player – once you install that “Windows XP Mode”, you install VMWare Player, it recognises it, and you can get it to create a virtual machine, able to see USB ports etc… Software that is not Windows 7 compatible (and will never be) can be run inside VMWare Player.

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